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FCC Spurns Meeting With Chinese Provider

The FCC International Bureau rejected China Telecom Americas’ request for a meeting on the “regulatory status” of the company’s non-mobile virtual network operator services. The company “has not provided the detailed and verifiable factual support needed for the Commission to…

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evaluate the claim that all of CTA’s non-MVNO services are provided as private carriage,” the bureau said in a letter, posted Monday in docket 20-109: China Telecom “still has not done so. Accordingly, we do not believe it is appropriate at this late date to accept your request for an in-person or telephonic discussion.” China Telecom sought the meeting last week. A Nov. 2 order gave the company 60 days to end all domestic or international services that it provides pursuant to its Communications Act Section 214 authority.